a small fipple flute, similar to a recorder
Origin of flageolet
Fr, diminutive of Old French flageol, flajeol, a pipe, flute from Vulgar Latin an unverified form flabeolum, a flute from Classical Latin flare, to blow: see blastflageolet
flag·eo·let- a variety of kidney bean, cultivated for its seed
- the pale-green, immature seed, used esp. in French cooking
Origin of flageolet
Fr, ultimately from Classical Latin faseolus: see frijolWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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flageolet
noun
A small flutelike instrument with a cylindrical mouthpiece, four finger holes, and two thumbholes.
Origin of flageolet
French diminutive of Old French flajol flute from Vulgar Latin flābeolum possibly alteration of Latin flābellum diminutive of flābrum gust of wind from flāre to blow ; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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From French flageolet.
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